Also known as Noreña

Where: Asturias, Spain (43.4° N, 5.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 6.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by F. Toledo Ortiz in 1998

Primary reference: J. I. Ruiz-Omeñaca, L. Piñuela, and J. C. García-Ramos. 2008. Primera evidencia de dinosaurios diplodocinos (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae) en el Jurásico Superior de Asturias (Noreña) [First evidence of diplodocine dinosaurs (Sauropoda: Diplodocidae) in the Upper Jurassic of Asturias (Noreña)]. In J I Ruiz-Omeñaca, L Piñuela and J C García-Ramos (eds), XXIV Jornadas de la Sociedad Española de Paleontología, 15-18 October 2008, Museo del Jurásico de Asturias (MUJA), Colunga, Spain, Libro de Resúmenes 191-192 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91469: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 28.09.2009, edited by Philip Mannion

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